17.05.2019 from Dean
Bought these tyres on a whim, did a little research beforehand and these tyres appeared to have the right combination of profile and tread design for my riding style, and they also look cool as a bonus i commute every day from kent to and from central london (approx 13000 miles per year) so i have quite a wide variety of roads and traffic conditions to deal with from small back roads, semi-rural roads, dual carriageways, and stop start spaghetti roads in the city, i ride all-year round in all weather conditions including in snow and ice the tyres are chunky, nice tread with plenty of lugs, as a result handling on loose gravel and even wet grass feels very planted which is great compared to my stock CST tyres, these are absolutely amazing especially the wet performance, confidence in all situations including riding on white lines, emergency stops, and evasive maneuvers in unfavourable conditions was excellent, and they do indeed grip extremely well in snow and ice during hot summer conditions the tyre becomes extremely sticky and grippy, and in some rare cases can make handling feel slightly squirmy, wear is increased as well as fuel consumption, but they have survived winter and summer and the performance has not degraded much at all despite a bit of additional wear would not recommend this particular version for sports bikes or tourers (theres a version tailored to those) but scramblers, classics, commuters, scooters etc they are great